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In reply to the discussion: I've been fretting more and more about the Fermi Paradox [View all]mainer
(12,022 posts)10. That doesn't mean they won't destroy themselves
Evolution favors survival of the fittest, whether carbon based or not. The weak die out. Maybe the survival-based struggle for power and dominance predetermines our penchant to destroy our rivals and thus ourselves.
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No....Aliens have not ..."annihilated themselves"..They have been here, taken a look, and concluded:
Stuart G
Apr 2022
#1
If They are So Advanced, They Would Have Machines That Would do all The Work
Beetwasher.
Apr 2022
#12
I recall reading that we could detect the electromagnetic emissions of the Earth out to about 100
Dial H For Hero
Apr 2022
#24
Here is the answer about "Aliens" Yes, they exist and they have been here, they are avoiding us....
Stuart G
Apr 2022
#46
I suspect there just is no such thing as a warp drive. Space is vast. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2022
#11
Until we make contact or discover remnants of alien civilizations, we'll never know
Kaleva
Apr 2022
#25
Lots may be out there, but at very low density, so prohibitively expensive to find
struggle4progress
Apr 2022
#20
Even were an alien civilization comparable to our own to exist only a thousand light years away
Dial H For Hero
Apr 2022
#26
Equally likely that they annihiliated themselves through self-induced climate catastrophe
Spider Jerusalem
Apr 2022
#35
My brother-in-law has a strange take - the Fermi Paradox helps him believe in God
Amishman
Apr 2022
#50
I recently saw an interview with Brian Cox, who is a well-known British astronomer.
Earth-shine
Apr 2022
#56